a modest proposal:
so it looks right now like I may be assembling a plan to move here permanently [or semi-permanently] come graduation 2k7, etc.
it's hard being a single girl in egypt so i would like to propose to either:
a] somebody tolerable who wants to be my husband and live with me and doesnt mind cooking me dinner while i am writing my masters thesis and we can go to alexandria or dahab or even the west bank on weekends. we could also buy a vespa and always go shopping for antiques and gaudy egyptian furniture and take walks on the corniche. also we can get an egyptian cat and eventually have bilingual children. we'll go to mar girgis also and get icons to put in our house, maybe even go to the hanging church together for nighttime masses? think about this; i am really an excellent bedfellow and if we both practice enough our fusha' will be good enough to bargain with. also i have a combuuuuuter. cigarettes here are cheap, living is cheaper.
b] a lady friend who wants to do the same and above but not be bound legally to me. we can still get a cat and share a bed however, if you want. we can get sweets at the bakery and the baker will think we are sisters, and also cab drivers will tell us we speak beautifully and we'll laugh sarcastically.
if c] none of the above is your choice, you still are obligated to come and visit. i can't promise that ill take you to the pyramids though, i hate pyramids, even though it has always been a major boasting point that 'who cares about monuments in DC!? I GREW UP in a monument!!!' mostly come visit though because already i know that i'll miss everyone too much, because already i do.
it's hard being a single girl in egypt so i would like to propose to either:
a] somebody tolerable who wants to be my husband and live with me and doesnt mind cooking me dinner while i am writing my masters thesis and we can go to alexandria or dahab or even the west bank on weekends. we could also buy a vespa and always go shopping for antiques and gaudy egyptian furniture and take walks on the corniche. also we can get an egyptian cat and eventually have bilingual children. we'll go to mar girgis also and get icons to put in our house, maybe even go to the hanging church together for nighttime masses? think about this; i am really an excellent bedfellow and if we both practice enough our fusha' will be good enough to bargain with. also i have a combuuuuuter. cigarettes here are cheap, living is cheaper.
b] a lady friend who wants to do the same and above but not be bound legally to me. we can still get a cat and share a bed however, if you want. we can get sweets at the bakery and the baker will think we are sisters, and also cab drivers will tell us we speak beautifully and we'll laugh sarcastically.
if c] none of the above is your choice, you still are obligated to come and visit. i can't promise that ill take you to the pyramids though, i hate pyramids, even though it has always been a major boasting point that 'who cares about monuments in DC!? I GREW UP in a monument!!!' mostly come visit though because already i know that i'll miss everyone too much, because already i do.